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I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
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Portland
Indiana
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